Scythe: Digital Edition for Mac Complete Operation Guide

Enter the game’s main menu from the launcher. Click the “Single Player” button. You can choose “Quick Start” (using default settings) or “Custom Game” for detailed configuration.

On the custom game setup screen, you need to determine the following in order:

• Number of players and AI: Use the “+”/”-” buttons to set the total number of players (2-5), and select an AI difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard) for empty seats.
• Choose factions: Click to select your preferred faction for the seat you control (such as Crimea, Sevastopol, etc.); AI factions will be assigned automatically or randomly.
• Choose player boards: Assign a player board (i.e., action board) to each faction. The classic way to play is random assignment, but you can also assign them manually.
• Expansion and rules options: Confirm whether to enable expansion content such as “Invaders,” and set whether to turn on assistive options such as automatic battle resolution and confirmation dialogs.

After configuration is complete, click “Start Game”.

1. Observe your player board and the board situation, and decide on a strategy.
2. Click the Action Wheel in the bottom-right corner of the screen. The lit-up sections of the wheel are the available actions.
3. First click a top action (such as “Move,” “Trade,” etc.), then click a bottom action (such as “Deploy,” “Upgrade,” etc.). The order cannot be reversed. Shortcut: hover your mouse over the wheel sectors to display the corresponding shortcut keys (e.g., 1 through 4 correspond to the top actions).
4. After selecting an action, the interface will enter that action’s execution state. For example, after selecting “Move,” you need to click your unit on the board, then click a highlighted adjacent hexagonal tile to complete the move. The system will clearly guide you through visual effects such as highlights and arrows.
5. Complete the resolution of the two actions in sequence. For actions like “Produce,” the system usually provides a convenient one-click execute button (such as “Produce All”).

When your unit moves into a tile occupied by an enemy unit, combat is triggered automatically.

• The system will bring up the combat interface, displaying the power values both sides have committed, cards, and possible combat cards.
• You need to select the combat cards you want to commit for your side (click the cards), and click “Confirm.” The AI will choose automatically.
• Click “Resolve Battle”, and the system will automatically play the battle animation and display the results; the defeated units will be removed.

When you encounter events such as encounter cards or factory cards, a card window will pop up. After reading it, click the corresponding option.

After completing the two actions for the current round, click the “End Round” button on the interface (usually located near the action wheel or at the bottom of the screen). The shortcut key is usually Space or Return.

The game will automatically switch to the next player (or AI). You only need to repeat Steps 3-5 on your own turn.

When a player places their sixth star (achieves the sixth objective), the game will end after the current round is completed.

The system will automatically enter the settlement screen, listing in detail all players’ coin sources (territory, resources, popularity, missions, etc.), and calculate the final score and ranking.

On the settlement screen, you can choose “Return to Main Menu” or “Play Again”. “Play Again” will retain the players and AI settings from this game, making it convenient to restart quickly.